October 16

Photo by Adarini Inkei

 

A window display for Sri Chinmoy’s book The Wings of Joy at B. Dalton Bookseller store. The cover features one of Sri Chinmoy’s original Soul-Bird drawings.

 

October 16

 

18-K RACE HONORS MOTHER TERESA


SKOPJE, MACEDONIA — Sri Chinmoy’s students organized an 18-kilometer race through the center of Skopje Oct. 16 to commemorate the 18 years Mother Teresa lived there. Several hundred runners from many countries participated.

The race began and finished in Macedonia Square, where Mother Teresa’s house used to be. 

At the start of the race, the President of the Macedonian Olympic Committee, Vasil Tupurkovski, presented the spiritual leader with “The Spirit of the Ancient Olympic Games Award.”

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 34, August–Mid-November 2003